My Post-Apocalyptic Territory

The most prominent feature of the game "Final Lord" is the wide variety of buildings, some of which have no apparent purpose. By the time the apocalypse broke out, he had not yet completed all the buildings on his list.

Tang Yu opened the building list, which included core buildings, resource buildings, military buildings, defensive buildings, and special-category buildings. All of these buildings required source crystals and corresponding resources, such as wood and stone.

Looking back, the lord's castle that was built at the beginning was a bargain. At least we didn't have to transport a bunch of materials over. If we had really needed to do that, Tang Yu would probably be finished by now.

At this time, the territory only had the solitary lord's castle; no other buildings had been constructed.

Tang Yu first opened the list of core buildings. Core buildings are the most important buildings in the territory, without exception. Other types of buildings do not have a limit on the number of buildings, but core buildings are different. No matter how high the territory's level is in the future or how wide its radiation range is, there will always be only one core functional building.

There are four types of core buildings: tavern, market, workshop, and research institute.

The tavern can recruit followers. Cost: 200 units of source crystals, 100 units of wood.

Resources, blueprints, and even rare items can be purchased in the market. Cost: 300 units of source crystals, 100 units of wood.

The workshop can manufacture equipment and items. Cost: 500 units of source crystals, 100 units of stone, and 100 units of iron.

The research institute can improve and even develop blueprints. Cost: 1,000 units of source crystal, 100 units of wood, 100 units of stone, and 100 units of iron.

Although the research institute is a core building, its construction requires a level 2 territory, meaning the core castle of the territory must be upgraded to level 1 first. Of course, Tang Yu lost all desire to build it after seeing the price.

The others were slightly cheaper, but at this point he only had a little over a hundred units of source crystals, not even enough to build the cheapest building.

This was not a good thing for him. Tang Yu felt a sense of urgency. The shelter had been attacked by a demonic tide before, which proved that although this place was far away from the abyss rift, it was not safe at all. Who knew when another demonic tide would come? This time, there was not even a decent defensive line. Even if Number One and Number Two were powerful, Tang Yu felt that it was dangerous to face the endless stream of demonic beasts.

Developing our territory is of paramount importance!

At this moment, the sky was still hazy, as if shrouded in a silvery veil. Suddenly, a pale light began to appear on the eastern horizon, illuminating half of the sky. The orange-red sunrise sprinkled on the earth, illuminating the land. As far as the eye could see, all that could be seen were ruins and broken walls.

That's so tragic!

Even Tang Yu wouldn't dare call himself a lord, let alone a minor one, once he went out into the world.

"Let's set a small goal first, at least to develop the territory to the size of a small town."

Having slept well last night, Tang Yu's energy and physical strength have returned to their peak.

He began leading Number One to clear out the nearby mutated beasts.

One night, several more demonic beasts appeared within the territory, all of which had wandered over from the surrounding area. When Tang Yu woke up in the morning, he also found the corpse of a demonic beast lying at the castle gate.

The mutated beasts within the territory were easy to deal with, regardless of their size. Even those that were good at hiding were nowhere to be found on the system map, and these mutated beasts were quickly dealt with by Number One.

Tang Yu found a scenic area map. This place was originally a resort, and even after being converted into a shelter, its basic layout remained the same. Tang Yu's gaze fell on the central square of the scenic area, where there was a hotel. Before the apocalypse, it was said to be a rather high-class hotel.

This hotel had a cold storage facility before the apocalypse, and after the shelter was built, it became the shelter's food storage center. Even though Tang Yu had never been inside the hotel, he knew very well that when he first arrived at the shelter, he had heard many people say that what the survivors at the bottom of society longed for most was to go inside and see if the cold storage facility had mountains of food, just like the legends.

Tang Yu didn't believe it when it was piled up like a mountain, but he was absolutely certain that there was food in the hotel!

Tang Yu made this hotel his next search target in order to store more food. Even though there were no survivors left to compete with him for the shelter, what if it was destroyed by the demonized beasts if he left it unattended?

Tang Yu felt heartbroken when he thought of the food he had found before, which had been ruined by the demonized beasts.

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At this moment, in the hotel's underground cold storage.

Several survivors who had narrowly escaped the demonic tide were filled with terror.

The man at the very front, gripping a gun with both hands, fired several shots in quick succession, but his face was filled with bitterness.

There, a six-legged, crimson-red, two-meter-tall mutated beast was slowly gnawing on a corpse, its mouth dangling from its jaws.

The bullets bounced off the fur of the red demonic beast, failing to harm it in the slightest. In fact, the crimson demonic beast continued to devour the corpses in its mouth, completely ignoring the people around it.

Seeing this scene, Chen Haiping felt almost desperate.

The survivors behind them trembled and turned pale. Just moments before, one survivor, unable to withstand the pressure, had fled in a frenzy. Now, half of his body had been bitten off and was being carried in the mouth of the demonic beast. The others were too terrified to move.

Chen Haiping was slightly better off. After all, he was an Awakened One and had fought against demonized beasts. He could still remain calm and think things through. However, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't find any hope of survival.

This crimson demonic beast was truly terrifying. The bullets from the pistol weren't enough to kill it, but he had never seen a bullet deflected like this before.

The demonic beast didn't move, and Chen Haiping didn't dare to make the first move. Whether it was the speed that the crimson demonic beast had shown when it pounced on the survivor, or the violence with which it had torn open the cold storage door, he knew in his heart that the demonic beast's strength far exceeded his own. He was afraid that even the strongest awakened one in the shelter might not be a match for this demonic beast.

He didn't move, but simply replaced the empty pistol in his hand with a military machete. The blade was sharp and cold. Even though he knew he was no match for his opponent, Chen Haiping didn't want to sit and wait for death. Even if he died, he wanted to cut a piece of flesh off his opponent!

The crimson demonic beast spat out the chunk of meat in its mouth, its eyes gleaming with bloodlust.

Chen Haiping gritted his teeth, and slightly raised the blade.

Suddenly, boom!

A violent tremor came from above, dust fell, and Chen Haiping was startled. The next moment, he saw the crimson demonic beast turn around and transform into a red streak of light, running towards the outside of the cold storage.

"They...they left?"

They were puzzled, yet they truly felt as if they had survived a catastrophe. Some survivors' legs gave way, and they knelt on the ground.